What is land area in Ecuador?

Land area in Ecuador was 248,360 sq. km in 2023, according to FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

What is the highest land area recorded in Ecuador?

The highest recorded value was 276,840 sq. km in 1961.

What is the lowest land area recorded in Ecuador?

The lowest recorded value was 248,360 sq. km in 1998.

How does Ecuador rank for land area?

Ecuador ranks 77th out of 216 countries with data for 2023.

Is land area rising or falling in Ecuador?

Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Ecuador data come from?

The figures come from FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Land area (sq. km). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Land area in Ecuador

Name: Land area in Ecuador
Creator: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Ecuador: Land area was 248,360 sq. km in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

248,360 sq. km

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

77th

of 216 countries

All-time high

276,840 sq. km

in 1961

All-time low

248,360 sq. km

in 1998

Years of data

1961–2023

Land area in Ecuador, 1961–2023

Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in sq. km.

Analysis

In 2023, land area in Ecuador stood at 248,360 sq. km. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, land area in Ecuador peaked at 276,840 sq. km in 1961 and was at its lowest, 248,360 sq. km, in 1998.

Ecuador ranks 77th of 216 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	276,840 sq. km	276,840 sq. km	276,840 sq. km	9
1970s	276,840 sq. km	276,840 sq. km	276,840 sq. km	10
1980s	276,840 sq. km	276,840 sq. km	276,840 sq. km	10
1990s	271,144 sq. km	248,360 sq. km	276,840 sq. km	10
2000s	248,360 sq. km	248,360 sq. km	248,360 sq. km	10
2010s	248,360 sq. km	248,360 sq. km	248,360 sq. km	10
2020s	248,360 sq. km	248,360 sq. km	248,360 sq. km	4

Countries ranked near Ecuador

74 Burkina Faso 273,600 sq. km compare
75 New Zealand 263,310 sq. km compare
76 Gabon 257,670 sq. km compare
78 Guinea 245,720 sq. km compare
79 United Kingdom 241,930 sq. km compare
80 Laos 230,800 sq. km compare

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More agriculture & rural data for Ecuador

Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Rural population 36.6% (2025)
Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
Rural population 6.70 million (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.7% (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 12.64 billion current US$ (2025)
Land under cereal production 696,223 hectares (2024)
Cereal yield 4,007 kg per hectare (2024)
Cereal production 2.79 million metric tons (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is land area in Ecuador?: Land area in Ecuador was 248,360 sq. km in 2023, according to FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
What is the highest land area recorded in Ecuador?: The highest recorded value was 276,840 sq. km in 1961.
What is the lowest land area recorded in Ecuador?: The lowest recorded value was 248,360 sq. km in 1998.
How does Ecuador rank for land area?: Ecuador ranks 77th out of 216 countries with data for 2023.
Is land area rising or falling in Ecuador?: Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Ecuador data come from?: The figures come from FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Land area (sq. km). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Land area (sq. km)
Unit: sq. km
Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 263 places, 15,310 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.